Talk:Dick Dale

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This article has soooo many little mistakes from the normal story.

Dick Dale played a Stratocaster, but saying the Stratocaster's amp is confusing because the amp has nothing to do with the guitar.

He played loud and that is why the amps caught on fire.

I've heard that the reverb was developed for Dick's voice, but never have heard that it was actually built into a microphone itself. They got the reverb from Hammond organs. Nothing new, they were just the first to use it for guitars.

Misirlou is a traditional Greek song.

I thought Misirlou was a belly dance standard all over the Middle East? however this page says the dance is based on the Greek Syrtos, so you probably are sort of right.

why not be bold and fix the mistakes yourself? reagards, High on a tree 23:46, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

My father is good friends with Dick. If anyone needs information for this article, contact me (BleachInjected@BakersfieldDDR.com). Thank you.

--BleachInjected 07:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

there should also be note made that Dick Dale has gotten the credit for the advances in music that were actually made by Link Wray. Dale has gotten the credit based mainly on his rise to popularity on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack.

What advances are you reffering to? Link Wray is mainly attributed the fuzz sound and the use of power chords, whereas Dick Dale is credited with his staccato playing and later use of reverb.

How is a Black Eyed Peas song using Dale's samples remotely interesting? Thousands of other tracks did that.

What other tracks are you speaking of?